Can we talk about those expensive seam rollers from supply houses?

I dropped $120 on a top of the line seam roller from the supply house last month, thinking it would make my life easier. Thing is, it actually left marks on the backing of the carpet I was installing in a living room in Phoenix. I switched back to my old $20 roller from the hardware store and the job came out perfect. That fancy roller is sitting in my truck collecting dust now. Has anyone else had issues with those pricey seam rollers damaging the backing?

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thomas_young11d ago

Hold up, wait. You really dropped a HUNDRED AND TWENTY dollars on a seam roller? MAN, that hurts just reading it. I can't believe it actually messed up the backing on you, that's like the one JOB it's supposed to do right. My $15 craftsman special has never left a single mark on anything, not even on that cheap thin commercial carpet. That's just straight up robbery for a tool that can't even do its ONE job without ruining your work.

the_ryan11d ago

Did you ever figure out if the roller was too heavy or just poor quality? I read a forum post that said some of those pricey ones are actually made for different carpet types, and @thomas_young is right about the cheap ones doing just fine.